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StandardAero to Help Produce High-speed Passenger Jet

02-05-2025:
San Antonio will have a hand in the effort to resurrect high-speed air travel.
Read more on axios.com

Texas Biomed Embarks on $210M Expansion

02-05-2025:
The bigger plan could include a broader build out as the San Antonio institute grows its global reach.
Read more on bizjournals.com

UTSA Researchers Develop AI Tools to Improve Health Care

02-05-2025:
AI-powered infrastructure for professionals in the health sciences is under development.
Read more on utsa.edu

UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry Researcher, Partners Receive NIH Grant

02-01-2025:
Grant will be used to investigate CIDD99, a first-in-class drug targeting a novel anti-cancer pathway.
Read more on uthscsa.edu

SA Doctor Appointed to Federal Advisory Committee on Long COVID

02-01-2025:
Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez is the only Texan to serve on the 14-member panel.
Read more on sanantonioreport.org

UTSA Researchers use AI to Help Restore Transportation Infrastructures after Natural Disasters

02-01-2025:
Post-earthquake restoration is complicated due to uncertainties and resource constraints.
Read more on utsa.edu

SwRI: Training Courses and FREE Online Webinars

02-01-2025:
Learn from industry R&D experts who are renowned for problem solving and providing premier services to an array of government and industry clients.
Read more on swri.org

World Affairs Council 2025 International Citizen of the Year: Jim Perschbach

02-01-2025:
Join us at the Tobin Center on Wednesday, March 19 as we celebrate the Port's President and CEO.
Read more on wacofsa.org

UTSA Instructor Using AI to Challenge Our Understanding of Music

02-01-2025:
Mark McCoin has created Roz - short for "Robotic Resonance".
Read more on utsa.edu

SAMSAT 21AFTERSCHOOL Program

02-01-2025:
SAMSAT’s free 21AFTERSCHOOL program brings STEM content to students from nearby school districts.
Read more on samsat.org

800-acre Solar Farm on Track to Break Ground

01-30-2025:
The facility is expected to begin commercial operation in 2027.
Read more on bizjournals.com

OCI Energy Gives UTSA $250,000 to Create Renewable Energy Scholarships

01-28-2025:
The renewable energy sector continues to expand, contributing to significant employment growth worldwide.
Read more on utsa.edu

SwRI Creating Chemical, Biological Threat Mitigation Decision Support Tool for U.S. Military

01-28-2025:
Risk Evaluation & Medical Decision Efficacy (REMEDY) tool supports agile decisions.
Read more on swri.org

Air Force Establishes Research Office at VelocityTX as Pentagon Looks to Increase Collaboration

01-27-2025:
Researchers will use the space to study effects of traumatic brain injury.
Read more on expressnews.com

SwRI-designed Experiments Corroborate Theory About How Titan Maintains its Atmosphere

01-27-2025:
Laboratory experiments produced gases similar to those on Saturn’s moon.
Read more on swri.org

UTSA Creates New Space Research Center to Meet Texas’s Rising Industry Needs

01-27-2025:
Researchers say aerospace is one of the fastest-growing industries in the U.S.
Read more on ksat.com

UTSA Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Expand Biomedical Data Science Education

01-23-2025:
The goal of the project is to address the existing gaps in biomedical data science education.
Read more on utsa.edu

SwRI-led PUNCH Spacecraft Make Final Pit Stop Before Launch

01-22-2025:
NASA’s PUNCH mission will soon start studying the origins of the solar wind.
Read more on swri.org

New Enterprise Offers Wellness, Art and Music Classes to Port Community and Surrounding Areas

01-22-2025:
Beginning guitar, Watercolors 101 and yoga are just some of classes provided by Good Energy Ranch.
Read more on portsanantonio.us

Plans for Major SA Medical Research District Advance

01-22-2025:
VelocityTX has struck a deal that would position the innovation campus as a major biotech hub.
Read more on bizjournals.com

UTSA Pioneering Medicine and AI

01-21-2025:
New dual degree program is training some of the first doctors in the nation to lead the way in AI and medicine.
Read more on utsa.edu

UTSA Leading the Nation’s Neuromorphic Computing Hub

01-21-2025:
The university’s MATRIX AI Consortium recently received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Read more on utsa.edu

JAN. 28: CAST Schools Career Connecting Experience

01-20-2025:
Learn how to create career-connecting opportunities for students, and build your future talent pipeline.
Read more on castschools.com

San Antonio Researchers Receive Prestigious 2025 Hill Prizes for Medicine and Technology

01-19-2025:
Awards will propel high-risk, high-reward ideas and innovations that demonstrate potential for real-world impact.
Read more on utsa.edu

With SA Smart Challenge, Students Aim for a Better San Antonio

01-19-2025:
The annual student competition asks youths to find ways to make the Alamo City more sustainable.
Read more on expressnews.com

Potential Targets for Ebola Therapy Identified

01-16-2025:
Researchers at Texas Biomed are helping to pinpoint how infected cells help or hinder replication and spread of Ebola virus.
Read more on txbiomed.org

CyManII, UTSA to Benefit from Proposed $285M Award

01-14-2025:
CyManII is focused on developing and deploying cybersecurity innovations to protect U.S. manufacturers from cyberthreats.
Read more on utsa.edu

UTSA Students are Building a Future on the Moon

01-13-2025:
Research team is developing lunar habitats that can handle the harsh conditions of space while providing shelter for astronauts.
Read more on utsa.edu

SwRI is Sending its First Instrument to the Lunar Surface to Survey the Moon’s Interior

01-13-2025:
LMS instrument aboard the Blue Ghost Lander heading to Mare Crisium in early 2025.
Read more on swri.org

Flying Taxis are on the Horizon as Aviation Soars into a New Frontier

01-12-2025:
Port San Antonio is at the forefront of implementing state-of-the-art transportation.
Read more on expressnews.com

Addressing the Challenge: Airline and MRO Initiatives for Recruiting Maintenance Technicians

01-09-2025:
Dan Gonzales of StandardAero weighs in on MRO as a desirable career path.
Read more on laranews.net

RobotLAB Continues Texas Expansion With San Antonio Opening

01-07-2025:
Leading Robotics Integrator’s Texas Footprint Now Extends to Four Key Markets.
Read more on roboticstomorrow.com

San Antonio Celebrates Major Tech Milestones in 2024

01-07-2025:
The Port and our partners are helping to grow the city's global profile.
Read more on greatersatx.com

Bianca Rhodes: Finding a Lifesaving Purpose

01-07-2025:
Rhodes is President and CEO of Knight Aerospace, whose aeromedical technologies are saving lives globally.
Read more on utexas.edu

SwRI Models Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario that Mimics Earth-Moon System

01-07-2025:
New findings could support Pluto’s geologic activity and potential subsurface ocean.
Read more on swri.org

Five Things to Watch at UTSA in 2025

01-06-2025:
UTSA has big plans for 2025, including its innovative research initiatives.
Read more on utsa.edu

Girls Inc. of San Antonio Leading the Way for the Next Generation of STEM Leaders

01-04-2025:
The organization is celebrating 20 years of inspiring girls to be strong, smart and bold.
Read more on foxsanantonio.com

UTSA announces College of AI, Cyber and Computing

12-30-2024:
The new college is expected to enroll well over 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Read more on utsa.edu

Kelly Heritage Foundation Approaches $1 Million Invested to Nurture Young Tech Talent

11-21-2024:
Since 2023, nearly 1,000 area students have directly benefitted from the Foundation's support to innovative educational programs.
Read more on portsanantonio.us

Local Carbon Ccapture Ccompany Uunveils the Wworld's First Zero-carbon Mineral

11-20-2024:
CarbonFree is a leading provider of carbon capture technologies working to reduce industrial emissions.
Read more on bizjournals.com

San Antonio Airport First In US To Use AI-Powered Parking System

11-20-2024:
In doing so, it has replaced the traditional ticket-based system.
Read more on simpleflying.com

University Researchers Explore Underwater Caves to Examine Life

11-20-2024:
Texas A&M University-San Antonio researchers recently returned from an expedition to the Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel Island, Mexico.
Read more on tamusa.edu

UTSA Receives $2 Million Gift from USAA

11-19-2024:
Gift will support new college focused on AI, cyber, computing and data science
Read more on utsa.edu

Students Experience Hhands-on Activities During STEM Week in San Antonio

11-19-2024:
CORE4STEM is a way to boost the local workforce, all while encouraging students to jump into the industry.
Read more on ksat.com

Tech Bloc's First Tech Day Looks to the Future of Industry in San Antonio

11-18-2024:
500 area techies gathered at the Boeing Center at Tech Port to hand out hardware and knowledge.
Read more on expressnews.com

SwRI Researchers Use Chemistry Modeling Software to Detect Conditions for Microbial Life on Icy Worlds

11-18-2024:
Project, supported by NASA’s Habitable Worlds program, seeks to constrain environmental factors.
Read more on swri.org

UTSA Biology Students will Get Their Hands Dirty in Real-world STEM Research Module

11-18-2024:
Online learning module is courtesy of a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Read more on utsa.edu

NASA Awards Grants to Two Professors for Space Travel Projects

11-14-2024:
Each researcher will receive $50,000 for STEM projects at minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
Read more on utsa.edu

Tech Port Campus Named Top Innovation District of 2024 at International Conference

11-14-2024:
South Texas' big technology destination honored by the Association of University Research Parks.
Read more on portsanantonio.us

First-of-its-kind Medical Facility Set to Open

11-13-2024:
Landmark project could boost planned merger between UTSA and UT Health San Antonio.
Read more on bizjournals.com

Texas Biomed Receives $23 Million for HIV and TB Research

11-13-2024:
The highly competitive R01 grants provide sustained support for research projects over three to five years.
Read more on txbiomed.org

SwRI-led Team Proposes New Solar Composition Ratios That Could Reconcile Longstanding Questions

11-12-2024:
Solar and cosmochemical data indicate high levels of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Sun.
Read more on swri.org

San Antonio Company Wytec Developing AI-powered Gunshot Detection Technology

11-11-2024:
Technology will help schools be better prepared to protect their students.
Read more on expressnews.com

SA SMART CHALLENGE: Registration Now Open

11-09-2024:
The Mayor's K-12 Smart City Challenge enables students to research a smart city problem impacting San Antonio and propose a solution.
Read more on sa-smart.org

Port SA to Advance Billion-dollar Campus Plan

11-07-2024:
Backers believe the Alamo City proposal could serve as a prototype for the U.S. military and drive new development.
Read more on bizjournals.com

Knight Aerospace Wins 2024 Minority Export Firm of the Year Award

11-06-2024:
Port-based firm has introduced innovative solutions that significantly improve aeromedical transportation by turning cargo aircraft into 'flying ERs'.
Read more on mbda.gov

Texas to Launch Eight New Mobile STEM Labs in 2025

11-06-2024:
There will be one lab dedicated to the San Antonio region.
Read more on ksat.com

SwRI Receives $23 Million in U.S. Air Force Contracts to Sustain Aging Aircraft

11-04-2024:
Institute to help maintain structural integrity of three fleets of military aircraft.
Read more on swri.org

Women Leading Robotics

11-02-2024:
Port San Antonio's Stephanie Garcia is helping to lead the region's emergence as a global leader in robotics - exemplifying an ecosystem where talent, education, and industry intersect.
Read more on sawoman.com

SA Biotech Company Sets the Stage for Asian Expansion

10-31-2024:
BioAffinity Technologies Inc. has secured a Certificate of Grant of Patent from the Japan Patent Office.
Read more on bizjournals.com

CAST STEM H.S. Encourages Female Students to Enter Manufacturing

10-30-2024:
The manufacturing industry offers big opportunities for high wages and career advancement.
Read more on news4sanantonio.com

StandardAero adds PLAY Airlines as new LEAP-1A engine client

10-30-2024:
Firm's Port San Antonio site will deliver maintenance, repair and overhaul services for PLAY's fleet of Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.
Read more on avitrader.com

San Antonio Aims to Boost Cybersecurity Profile with Inaugural American InCyber Forum

10-29-2024:
The city expects about 5,000 delegates to attend InCyber in June 2025.
Read more on hoodline.com

Neuromorphic Computing Hub at UTSA to be Largest in the Nation

10-29-2024:
THOR project will provide researchers from many disciplines better access to computing architectures that take inspiration from the human brain.
Read more on edscoop.com

StandardAero is Training the Next Generation of Aerospace Talent in San Antonio

10-28-2024:
Company features a 12-week paid training program that allows new employees to learn the basics of an aerospace career.
Read more on sanantonioreport.org

Texas Biomed Enters Landmark Partnership with Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

10-28-2024:
Institute will deliver preclinical research and resources to help develop vaccines for reducing global epidemic and pandemic risks.
Read more on txbiomed.org

UTSA Announces Partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb

10-28-2024:
Team will advance pharmaceutical discoveries and development.
Read more on utsa.edu

Nearly $3 Million Coming to Kelly Field Airport for New Facilities Terminal

10-27-2024:
Funding will help build a new consolidated facilities terminal, plus a dedicated access road and water utility lines for the facility.
Read more on ksat.com

Cyber Manufacturing Summit Highlights Fast-tracked Technology Transfer Solutions

10-24-2024:
Event brought together nearly 200 manufacturers to exchange ideas and best practices in cyber manufacturing.
Read more on utsa.edu

SwRI Celebrates Groundbreaking of New 21,000-square-foot Clinical Supply Facility

10-23-2024:
Additional lab space will support bioengineering, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical industries.
Read more on swri.org

National IT and Cyber Leader Expands Operations in San Antonio

10-22-2024:
Diné Development Corporation (DDC) has launched its newest operation on the Tech Port campus.
Read more on portsanantonio.us

UTSA Researchers Awarded STEM Education Grant

10-22-2024:
Ian Thacker and Han Bum Lee received a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation to study the role of race and gender in pursuing STEM degrees.
Read more on utsa.edu

UTSA Students Visit Port San Antonio and StandardAero

10-21-2024:
Recent tour offered an opportunity for students to engage with local industry leaders and gain insights into aerospace engineering.
Read more on utsa.edu

Students Play to Their Strengths at Prestigious Trinity University Venture Competition

10-21-2024:
Five student startup teams recently competed in the final round of the Louis H. Stumberg Venture Competition.
Read more on trinity.edu

SwRI and JPL Co-led Study Offers Insights into Mysterious Features on Airless Worlds

10-21-2024:
Post-impact conditions could support temporary liquid brines that create flow formations.
Read more on swri.org

Installation Innovation Forum - October 28-30

10-19-2024:
Join ADC for a look at innovative ways to build partnership and collaboration on our bases and in our communities.
Read more on installationinnovation.org

CityFest Panel Discussion: The Future of Downtown

10-19-2024:
Join CityFest as it explores one of San Antonio's hottest topics — the future of downtown.
Read more on cityfestsa.org

Port-based Astroport Partners with Orbit Fab for Lunar Exploration Breakthrough

10-16-2024:
Companies will accelerate the development of lunar infrastructure to enable sustainable space exploration.
Read more on prnewswire.co

Here’s Why the Brightest Minds in Cybersecurity Descended on UTSA

10-16-2024:
“Secure Together,” was the second annual conference hosted by the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Center (CyManII).
Read more on sanantonioreport.org

Marburg Vaccine Tested at Texas Biomed Deployed to Rwanda

10-16-2024:
As of October 15, the Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda has infected 62 people and caused 15 deaths.
Read more on txbiomed.org

Why Investors Are Putting Their Money Behind San Antonio Startups

10-15-2024:
Investors and entrepreneurs are coming together for the annual San Antonio Startup Week.
Read more on ksat.com

SwRI-developed Instruments Will Study Potential Habitability of Jupiter’s Moon Europa

10-15-2024:
Europa-UVS, MASPEX designed to characterize gases around the icy satellite.
Read more on swri.org

"Tex" Hill Wing Career Student's Day - October 19

10-12-2024:
Learn about opportunities in education, training, and financial aid that can lead to employment in aerospace and cybersecurity.
Read more on texhillwing.org

Hackers Gather for UTSA’s Third Annual Rowdy Datathon

10-11-2024:
Hundreds of students met at the UTSA School of Data Science October 5-6 to take part in the competition.
Read more on utsa.edu

Kelly Heritage Foundation Continues to Connect Students with Futures in Space Technology

10-10-2024:
Gifts totaling over $300,000 allow WEX Foundation to prepare students for futures in aerospace and related fields.
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